The Lakers have added a major piece signing Ron Artest to a 3 year contract for around 33 million. Though it was at the cost of Trevor Ariza to the Rockets, a young, up and coming player, Ron Artest is an upgrade. If you don’t agree, you should check out Artest’s stats and compare them with Ariza’s.
Artest brings proven defensive skill, rebounding and added offense. Some claim that he’s Kobe’s Rodman as Dennis was to Jordan. Like Rodman, in addition to his basketall skills, he brings other intangebles. If you don’t know what I mean, you should check out several videos below:
Why did he take that shot? Why the double screen? Phil should’ve drawn up a different game plan for the last shot!
Oh hey! Its me and I guess I’m back again. If you don’t already know, both jadamusss and Iare diehard Lakers fans. So you might think that this blog posting might be a tad bit “biased,” but whose really objective in their analysis of sports these days. Most of analyst make their decisions based on their gut and then throw in stats that fit their agenda. Like I said, Kobe should’ve taken a better shot!
Since we’re on the subject of shots, I thought we’d go over the West and do a subjective analysis. It should be consensus that the Western Conference plays better basketball and with a style that is easy on the eyes. The Eastern Conference is all about scrappy and sometimes ugly play marked by stout defense. The West plays for great shots, aka finesse plays and generating these shots through fastbreak generating defense. Let’s see which games are must see and who is predicted to win by yours truly (again, in order of worse to best; see The Beastly East): Continue reading
